Victoria Police Games Federation
Statement of Purpose
Victoria Police Games Federation Incorporated is a non-profit sporting organisation whose aims and objectives are:
· To promote and develop sport, physical fitness and social activities for members of the Federation.
· To publicise the aims and objects of the organisation by use of all suitable forms of media.
· To organise and co-ordinate sporting and recreational activities for members of the Federation.
· To promote, organise and administer the Victoria Police and Emergency Services Games.
· To promote, organise and administer teams competing in the Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games and other like national or international events.
· To liaise and affiliate with local, state, national and international sporting organisations for the promotion of police sport.
· To liaise with other appropriate organisations so as to further benefit the objects of the Federation.
· To raise funds for the promotion of the objects of the Federation and to apply those funds for the furtherance of any or all of these objects.
Games History
The Victoria Police Games were first conducted in 1981 when approximately 500 competitors contested seven sports. The Police Games were originally only open to serving, ‘sworn' members of Victoria Police.
The 1983 Victoria Police Games included the first National Police Games which became the Australia & New Zealand Police Games in 1986, and then the Australasian Police & Emergency Services Games in 2008.
Over the years the Victoria Police Games Federation extended the eligibility criteria of the Victoria Police Games to include sworn, unsworn and retired members of Victoria Police, and emergency service workers from 21 other agencies further including CFA, SES and Coast Guard volunteers. A list of these agencies can be found in our ‘Entry Information' book and on our website: www.emergencyservicesgames.org.au
In 2002 the Victoria Police Games were re-named the Victoria Police and Emergency Services Games. At the most recent Games in 2013, 40 different sporting disciplines attracted 2,800 competitors.
Contact: Secretary, Vic Hawking Ph: 9566 9477